From BBC,results after 138 of 150 councils.
Labour 2020 +63
Cons 1284 – 14
Libems 475 + 53
Green 34 + 5
Ukip 3 -123
Other 142 + 16
Terrible results for Labour.
One of BBC headlines is about Labour losing Barnet.Labour haven’t held Barnet since the 60s.
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- Fri 04 May, 2018 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
- Fri 04 May, 2018 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
Redbridge Labour now have 51 seats, an increase of 16.
Labour lost out in Wandsworth by only 141 votes.
Gained 4 councillors in Westminster.
Took Plymouth and Kirklees Council.
Labour is now the largest party in Trafford.
Labour lost out in Wandsworth by only 141 votes.
Gained 4 councillors in Westminster.
Took Plymouth and Kirklees Council.
Labour is now the largest party in Trafford.
- Fri 04 May, 2018 3:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
Worthing
Broadwater
Lab 45.8% (+32.8%)
Central
Lab 56.9% (+41.3%)
Herne
Lab 45.4% (+34.8%)
Seldon
Lab 49.4% (+31.5%)
Broadwater
Lab 45.8% (+32.8%)
Central
Lab 56.9% (+41.3%)
Herne
Lab 45.4% (+34.8%)
Seldon
Lab 49.4% (+31.5%)
- Fri 04 May, 2018 3:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
- Fri 04 May, 2018 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
I presume this would be at a GE based on yesterday's figures?
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- Fri 04 May, 2018 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
No matter how dire the news, Liz always manages to raise a smile. Rachael Swindon and 7 others liked Liam Lavery @LiamLavery1 16h16 hours ago So on Sky News with @faisalislam, @trussliz just said the Tories hope to take some seats in Middlesbrough tonight. There's no elections in Middlesbrough #In...
- Fri 04 May, 2018 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
Marsha de Cordova MP
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@MarshadeCordova
Last night Labour came within 150 votes of beating the Tories in Wandsworth – a Tory stronghold for 40 years.
Our activists and council candidates fought incredibly hard and deserved even better results. My full statement on last night's results
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@MarshadeCordova
Last night Labour came within 150 votes of beating the Tories in Wandsworth – a Tory stronghold for 40 years.
Our activists and council candidates fought incredibly hard and deserved even better results. My full statement on last night's results
- Fri 04 May, 2018 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
No you're not missing something. They're the best results since 1971.citizenJA wrote:Everyone
I think Labour did okay
Am I missing something?
- Fri 04 May, 2018 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
Sean Tomney
@seanfaeglasgow
The Tories are down 62 seats in the London, How are @SkyNews trying to spin this as a good result in London for the Tories?! Your bias this morning is an insult to the public. #localelections2018 #Elections2018
@seanfaeglasgow
The Tories are down 62 seats in the London, How are @SkyNews trying to spin this as a good result in London for the Tories?! Your bias this morning is an insult to the public. #localelections2018 #Elections2018
- Fri 04 May, 2018 2:28 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
Ukip has confirmed its apparent slide into political irrelevance with a disastrous performance in the local elections in England, prompting a senior official to compare the party to the Black Death. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/04/black-death-ukip-almost-wiped-out-in-english-local-e...
- Fri 04 May, 2018 2:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 4th May 2018
- Replies: 97
- Views: 28400
Re: Friday 4th May 2018
Latest figures. The Labour Party has around 552,000 members, as of January 2018 The Conservative Party has 124,000 members as of March 2018 The Scottish National Party has around 118,200 members, as of April 2018 The Liberal Democrat Party has around 100,500 members, as of April 2018 The Green Party...
- Thu 03 May, 2018 10:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 3rd May 2018
- Replies: 136
- Views: 21254
Re: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Re ohsocynical 's link, above, I hope something is made of this by Labour after the local elections dust has died down. Can't see anything about it in the mainstream news but the Conservatives should be shown up for such despicable behaviour. Water off a ducks back I'm afraid. Look how they messed ...
- Thu 03 May, 2018 8:57 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 3rd May 2018
- Replies: 136
- Views: 21254
Re: Thursday 3rd May 2018
View image on Twitter View image on Twitter The SKWAWKBOX @skwawkbox May broke ancient protocols to defeat Windrush transparency. What was she so desperate to hide? https://skwawkbox.org/2018/05/03/may-broke-ancient-protocols-to-defeat-windrush-transparency-what-was-she-so-desperate-to-hide/" ...
- Thu 03 May, 2018 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 3rd May 2018
- Replies: 136
- Views: 21254
Re: Thursday 3rd May 2018
View image on Twitter View image on Twitter The SKWAWKBOX @skwawkbox May broke ancient protocols to defeat Windrush transparency. What was she so desperate to hide? https://skwawkbox.org/2018/05/03/may-broke-ancient-protocols-to-defeat-windrush-transparency-what-was-she-so-desperate-to-hide/" o...
- Thu 03 May, 2018 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 3rd May 2018
- Replies: 136
- Views: 21254
Re: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Mike Garry @mikegarry My dad was disabled. On polling day, he’d call the Conservative party office on great western street & they’d give him a lift to the polling station where he’d religiously vote Labour. Then, he’d get them to drop him at the parkside pub on lloyd st in Moss Side. I miss him ...
- Thu 03 May, 2018 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 3rd May 2018
- Replies: 136
- Views: 21254
Re: Thursday 3rd May 2018
David Osland
@David__Osland
I've been canvassing the council estates in Hackney South, one of the most heavily #Remain seats in Britain, and not been asked about #Brexit once. Can't generalise from the particular, I suppose, but what are other people's experiences?
@David__Osland
I've been canvassing the council estates in Hackney South, one of the most heavily #Remain seats in Britain, and not been asked about #Brexit once. Can't generalise from the particular, I suppose, but what are other people's experiences?
- Wed 02 May, 2018 10:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
- Replies: 68
- Views: 13015
Re: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Cambridge Analytica closing after Facebook data harvesting scandal Political consultancy, under fire over use of millions of Facebook users’ data, has begun insolvency proceedings (Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/02/cambridge-analytica-closing-down-after-facebook-row-reports-...
- Wed 02 May, 2018 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
- Replies: 68
- Views: 13015
Re: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Unfortunately I didn't meet any Tories....HindleA wrote:[youtube]04kABseFSIg[/youtube]
- Wed 02 May, 2018 11:43 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
- Replies: 68
- Views: 13015
Re: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
ohsocynical wrote:Blimey! Feral shock troops. Fancy that. Another name to add to the list.
I didn't feel like that when I was staggering around with my walking stick delivering leaflets.
- Wed 02 May, 2018 11:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
- Replies: 68
- Views: 13015
Re: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Blimey! Feral shock troops. Fancy that. Another name to add to the list.
- Tue 01 May, 2018 10:53 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 1st May 2018
- Replies: 39
- Views: 14579
- Sun 29 Apr, 2018 11:03 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th April 2018
- Replies: 141
- Views: 21432
Re: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th April 2018
Once upon a time a Minister resigned if his staff cocked up even if he was totally unaware of what happened. His/her department, his/her responsibility.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Well she should never have blamed her staff should she?!Willow904 wrote:The leaks just kept coming. Someone wanted rid of her.gilsey wrote:Rudd’s gone.
- Thu 26 Apr, 2018 3:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 26th April 2018
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6401
Re: Thursday 26th April 2018
James and 21 others liked James O'Brien Verified account @mrjamesob A significant number of accounts with no followers are punting the nonsense that Labour is somehow responsible for the Windrush scandal & Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policies. Is this the first foray of a Tory troll fa...
- Mon 23 Apr, 2018 11:13 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 23rd April 2018
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9380
Re: Monday 23rd April 2018
The vetting files: How the BBC kept out ‘subversives’ BBC: “We vetted many thousands of our workers for 60 years to make sure people we deemed hard left never got a chance to work for the BBC”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43754737" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; fyfXX0...
- Mon 23 Apr, 2018 10:54 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 23rd April 2018
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9380
Re: Monday 23rd April 2018
Neil Henderson Verified account @hendopolis MAIL: Car theft kit for sale on Amazon #tomorrowspaperstoday 11:02 PM - 22 Apr 2018 from Plymouth, England Lil'oldme NO# @relovedreams More Lil'oldme NO# Retweeted Neil Henderson The country's going to shit. Our neighbours are being deported. We're being...
- Mon 23 Apr, 2018 10:24 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 23rd April 2018
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9380
Re: Monday 23rd April 2018
Matt Thomas
@Trickyjabs
Tory Party Donors, Last 12 Months:
Corrupt Russian Oligarchs.
Mobile Money Launderers.
President Club Gropers.
Banking Money Launderers.
Cambridge Analytica Executives.
Hedge Funders Betting On Carillion Demise.
Insider Dealing Oil Executive.
Panama Paper's Tax Avoiders.
@Trickyjabs
Tory Party Donors, Last 12 Months:
Corrupt Russian Oligarchs.
Mobile Money Launderers.
President Club Gropers.
Banking Money Launderers.
Cambridge Analytica Executives.
Hedge Funders Betting On Carillion Demise.
Insider Dealing Oil Executive.
Panama Paper's Tax Avoiders.
- Mon 23 Apr, 2018 9:49 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 23rd April 2018
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9380
Re: Monday 23rd April 2018
Labour Whips
Verified account
@labourwhips
We’re expecting an oral statement on the Windrush Scandal from @AmberRuddHR At 3.30pm Today
Verified account
@labourwhips
We’re expecting an oral statement on the Windrush Scandal from @AmberRuddHR At 3.30pm Today
- Sat 21 Apr, 2018 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April 2018
- Replies: 61
- Views: 11743
Re: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April 2018
RUPERT Murdoch’s Sunday Times newspaper stole Government Ministers’ household trash in an illegal and sustained search for stories it hoped would bring down New Labour, Byline Investigations can reveal. The traditional Tory mouthpiece used the product of midnight raids on homes of Westminster power...
- Sat 21 Apr, 2018 8:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April 2018
- Replies: 61
- Views: 11743
Re: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April 2018
(((Dan Hodges))) Verified account @DPJHodges You may agree with Nick Timothy. You may not agree with him. But the fact he appears to have just been hounded off Twitter is another example of the increasingly dangerous intolerance we're witnessing in our public discourse. Jo Maugham QC Verified accoun...
- Sun 15 Apr, 2018 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April 2018
- Replies: 88
- Views: 19707
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/14/financial-doubts-over-national-citizen-service-david-cameron-big-society-youth-programme Financial doubts surface over Cameron’s ‘big society’ youth programme National Citizen Service, the £1.5bn state-funded scheme for teenagers, failed targets and i...
- Sun 15 Apr, 2018 10:45 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April 2018
- Replies: 88
- Views: 19707
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/15/trump-bluster-about-syria-james-mattis-calling-shots Syria: Trump may bluster but James Mattis is calling the shots I think a better headline would be "just about anyone on Trump's staff could make a better job of being President than the President...
- Sun 15 Apr, 2018 10:44 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April 2018
- Replies: 88
- Views: 19707
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April 2018
"One by one, the great institutions that bind Britain together are being allowed to fray, weaken and decline. They may do good and even vital work, but whatever their purpose – from the system of legal aid to the Open University – they are under siege. Britain might be substantially richer tha...
- Sat 14 Apr, 2018 8:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April 2018
- Replies: 88
- Views: 19707
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April 2018
Paul Mason Retweeted Adam Wagner Verified account @AdamWagner1 Just heard BBC radio calling this government’s ‘legal advice’. It’s not. It’s a ‘legal position’ which means it is the government’s chosen justification for intervention. The full legal advice will be far more nuanced and may even advis...
- Fri 13 Apr, 2018 8:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 13th April 2018
- Replies: 81
- Views: 15416
Re: Friday 13th April 2018
This bloke doesn't like Trump. Understatement.
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- Wed 11 Apr, 2018 5:47 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 11th April 2018
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9324
Re: Wednesday 11th April 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-un/u-n-has-testimony-that-syrian-rebels-used-sarin-gas-investigator-idUSBRE94409Z20130505?irpc=932 GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel ...
- Wed 11 Apr, 2018 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 11th April 2018
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9324
Re: Wednesday 11th April 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-un/u-n-has-testimony-that-syrian-rebels-used-sarin-gas-investigator-idUSBRE94409Z20130505?irpc=932" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Sy...
- Wed 11 Apr, 2018 10:11 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 11th April 2018
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9324
Re: Wednesday 11th April 2018
European Commission raids Murdoch's Fox offices in London over sports rights 'cartel'
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- Mon 09 Apr, 2018 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday April 9th 2018
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5812
Re: Monday April 9th 2018
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/983433574132174849" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; THREAD Faisal Islam Verified account @faisalislam Russian Ambassador to UN just said that the Douma chemical attack “fake news” was an attempt to draw society’s attention away from the ...
- Fri 06 Apr, 2018 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 6th April 2018
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10780
Re: Friday 6th April 2018
SKRIPALS ‘SURVIVED B/C NOVICHOK IN THEIR SKIN’. BUT PORTON DOWN IDENTIFIED IT FROM THEIR BLOOD Russia still prime suspect but government story becoming more convoluted Sergei Skripal joins his daughter in recovery medics say survival thanks to fact of skin-absorption from door handle Porton Down tol...
- Fri 06 Apr, 2018 12:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 6th April 2018
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10780
Re: Friday 6th April 2018
How is Mr ohso these days? Thanks for asking. Coming up to three years since he was diagnosed. We call it B/C and A/C. Thankfully nearly two years free of bladder and bowel cancer with lots of checks still, but now has a malignant mole on his lower eyelid, which is being removed in two weeks. But h...
- Fri 06 Apr, 2018 11:28 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 6th April 2018
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10780
Re: Friday 6th April 2018
Morning: http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2018/04/06/homelessness-exploitation-failure-the-price-of-may-s-anti-mi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Homelessness, exploitation, failure: The price of May's anti-migrant project Article about the new scheme where landlo...
- Fri 06 Apr, 2018 11:23 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 6th April 2018
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10780
Re: Friday 6th April 2018
Morning: http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2018/04/06/homelessness-exploitation-failure-the-price-of-may-s-anti-mi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Homelessness, exploitation, failure: The price of May's anti-migrant project Article about the new scheme where landlo...
- Thu 05 Apr, 2018 9:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th April 2018
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9843
Re: Thursday 5th April 2018
Macron’s Thatcher moment has arrived
The honeymoon is over for Emmanuel Macron. His first 11 months in office have been something of a breeze —…
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- Thu 05 Apr, 2018 8:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th April 2018
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9843
Re: Thursday 5th April 2018
Briefcase Michael @BriefcaseMike Resident expert of #bbcnews just said the miraculous recovery of Yulia Skripal was because Porton Down would have had antidotes. We were previously told there were no antidotes to Novochek. They're making it up as they go along. @delhi_dave They, Porton Down, can on...
- Thu 05 Apr, 2018 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th April 2018
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9843
Re: Thursday 5th April 2018
Labour’s new General Secretary Jennie Formby made a strong start to her new role with a first-day email to all Labour members calling on them to work with her to unite the party for the good of the country, with a particular emphasis on addressing instances of antisemitism and other abuse – and layi...
- Thu 05 Apr, 2018 7:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th April 2018
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9843
Re: Thursday 5th April 2018
Sometimes all you can do is laugh.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Thanks Di for retweeting it
- Thu 05 Apr, 2018 11:48 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th April 2018
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9843
Re: Thursday 5th April 2018
I think politicians are always eager for that 'Falklands' moment.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Finding myself quoting Chilcot at folk on Twitter!
"intelligence regarding weapons of mass destruction was presented with unwarranted certainty"
Will we never learn?
- Tue 03 Apr, 2018 8:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday, 3rd April 2018
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6009
Re: Tuesday, 3rd April 2018
Boris Johnson appears before MPs to answer questions on Skripal case
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- Tue 03 Apr, 2018 8:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday, 3rd April 2018
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6009
Re: Tuesday, 3rd April 2018
All together now --- Bugger!tinybgoat wrote:https://www.politico.eu/article/ukip-sa ... im-leader/
"UKIP ‘safe’ from financial ruin, says interim leader"
- Tue 03 Apr, 2018 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday, 3rd April 2018
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6009
Re: Tuesday, 3rd April 2018
Gary Spedding
Verified account
@GarySpedding
Both @angelasmithmp & @JWoodcockMP have been had complaints sent in about them to the Labour Party and the cases have, I can confirm, been passed to the Labour Chief Whip office for review.
Verified account
@GarySpedding
Both @angelasmithmp & @JWoodcockMP have been had complaints sent in about them to the Labour Party and the cases have, I can confirm, been passed to the Labour Chief Whip office for review.